Janus: Two Faces of Desire (2014)
2014A professor’s wife cheats on him with a younger man because he can’t get it up for her, but he has no trouble getting it up for a younger, hotter dance student of his.
Genres: Romance
Madame Freedom (2017)
2017Joo-yeon is traveling before he joins the army. He visits his uncle’s house to spend time there until he starts serving duty and gets off at the bus terminal in a small city. Unlike his tacitum uncle, his aunt is very open and sweet. Joo-yeon meets her friends too at the hospital where he meets his aunt and he also meets his childhood friend Tae-ho. Later, they work out at Mi-jin’s Taekwondo studio and decide […]
The Empty Hours (2013) aka Las horas muertas
2013On the desolated coast of Veracruz, Mexico, 17-year-old Sebastián takes over running his uncle’s small & cozy rent-by-the-hour motel. There all by himself much of the time, he meets Miranda, a regular customer who comes to the motel to meet a lover who always keeps her waiting. There together with time to kill, Sebastián and Miranda begin to get to know each other, and an ambiguous game of seduction begins between them.
The Second Wife (1998) aka La seconda moglie
1998Summer of 1957. Single mother Anna marries truckdriver Fosco and moves with her infant daughter Santina to a rural Tuscan coastal community where Fosco lives with his son, sensitive teen Livio. Fosco, who moonlights by robbing Etruscan graves of relics valued by art dealers, is jailed for theft and thrown in prison, a situation which draws Anna and Livio together into a passionate romance.
Monika (1974) aka La ragazzina
1974Gloria Guida plays a sixteen-year-old high school student, called Monica. Leo, her boyfriend is secretly a pimp. However, despite the fact that she has a boyfriend, she wants to be with her Arts teacher, whose name is Bruno. Bruno has an affair with Sandra. The husband of Sandra is Massimo, who desperately wants to fuck Monica ever since her pimp boyfriend introduces her to him.
Love Never to End (2007)
2007Washed-out writer Murao Kikuji penned many popular novels in the past, but it has been a while since he’s written anything new. Separated from his wife, he passes his time editing for a magazine and lecturing at a university. When Kikuji meets housewife Fuyuka, the two lonely souls instantly connect, forming an illicit bond of love and passion. Then one summer morning, Kikuji strangles Fuyuka to death – because she asked him to.
Summertime (2001)
2001In the gloomy 80s, Sang-ho is wanted by the authorities for his participation in the student movement. Parting with his colleagues, Sang-ho happens to end up in a town on the outskirts, a town he has no connection to. The place where he is in hiding is the second floor of a worn down wooden house. Spending his time idly in the room, one day, Sang-ho discovers a hole looking into the room downstairs by […]
Meeting in Secret (2013)
2013Tamio Shibata is a writer who stays at home but is having a writer’s block. His wife, Yumi, goes to work every day and is the one paying their mortgage. The relationship between the two is cold. One day, a couple moves next door and has the same surname as them but just written in different Kanji characters. Tamio Shibata, who stays at home all day, and Asako Shibata (Iori Kogawa), the new housewife next […]
Newness (2017)
2017In contemporary L.A., two twenty-somethings millennials, Martin, a pharmacist and Gabi, a physiotherapist spend their weekends “swiping” on a dating app. The options are endless, but it’s less about connection and more about hooking-up. But when they meet, they find themselves talking into the early hours. Connecting. It’s exciting. It’s new. They mysteriously regain their feelings and fall in love. Exhilarated by each other, they rush into a relationship. They go out on dates. They […]
Araro (2010)
2010Araro tells the story of the sanctity of marriage of Andoy (Paolo Rivero) and Elena (Lorraine Lopez). Like Adam and Eve, their vows were tempted by a stranger named Steve (Jeff Luna), figuratively playing the snake in the paradise. Will their love prevail over temptations? Will morality and sexuality defines their humanity? In the end, the temptations lead them to become better persons and stick to the sanctity of their marriage vow.